Closet-joint.



. CANDEE.

ET JOINT. A PPPPPPP 10N FILED APR. zo, 1909.

Patented Mar. 22, 1910.

JOSEPH S. CANIDEE.,v OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CLOSETJOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 20, 1909.

Patented Mai. ee, icio.

Serial No. 491,183.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that l, JOSEPH S. CANDEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement inloset-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a joint for connecting the bowl and soil pipe of a closet and has the object to produce a joint for lthis purpose which permits of readily and reliably connecting the bowl and pipe and form a perfect water and gas tight connection between the same.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a vertical central section showing my improved closet joint applied to a bowl and soil pipe. Figs. 2 and 3 are horizontal sections in lines 2 2, and 3 3, Fig. l respectively. Fig. t is a fragmentary vertical cross section in line l-a, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts throughout the several views.

A represents the horizontal floor or other support provided with an opening a through which the connection between the bowl B and the soil pipe C is made.

D represents 'a coupling collar or socket arranged within the opening a and provided at its lower end with an internal annular flange or shoulder l and at its upper end with an external annular flange E. The upper end of the soil pipe C is arranged within the coupling collar and provided with an external flange c which rests on the internal flange of the collar. The external flange E of the collar rests upon the floor around the opening L therein, the floor being provided with a recess f which receives said flange.

At its lower end the bowl is provided with a neck I) which is arranged within the coupling collar and extends partly into the upper end of the soil pipe, as shown in Fig. l. Above its neck the bowl is provided with a base or flange G which extends over the top of the upper collar flange E and which is provided at its margin with a depending rim g engaging with the outer flange E.

H represents a packing ring of rubber or similar elastic material which surrounds the neck of the bowl within the coupling collar and rests on its under side against the top of the fiange c of the soil pipe.

l represents a presser ring or gland surrounding the bowl neck within the coupling collar and bearing on its lower end against the upper side of the packing ring. At its upper end the gland is provided on diametrieally opposite sides with laterally projecting ears or lugs .l which are arranged between the base of the bowl and the upper liange E of the coupling collar. In order to permit the bowl base to be seated firmly upon the upper flange of the coupling collar the latter is provided with recesses which receive the lugs of the gland and cause the gland and its lugs to be arranged below the upper surface of the upper collar flange E.

Various devices may be employed for coupling or connecting the coupling collar the gland and the bowl for holding these parts firmly in position relatively to each other. The preferred means for this purpose shown in the drawings are as follows L, L represent two vertical coupling bolts each of which passes with its central part through an opening Z in one of the lugs J and engages with its lower screw threaded end m with a correspondingly threaded opening .in the upper collar flange while its upper screw threaded end m proj ects loosely through an opening if in the base of the bowl. On its central'part the coupling bolt is provided with a head or enlargement n which presses against the upper side of the adjacent lug J. This enlargement preferably tapers dmv'nwardly and is counter-sunk in the upper part of the lug J by flaring the upper end of the opening Z to correspend. On the upper screw threaded part m of the coupling bolts the same is provided with a screw nut 0 which presses against the upper side of the base of the bowl, an elastic washer y) being preferably interposed between this nut and the base to avoid a solid bearing upon the base, thereby producing a slightly yielding connection between those parts wherebj7 the base of the bowl which is usually made of porcelain is prevented from becoming broken.

ln connecting the bowl with a` soil pipe by my improved joint the upper flange E of the coupling collar is mounted on the floor and the flange of the soil pipe C is engaged with the lower flange i of the coupling collar. The elastic ring H is next placed loosely upon the flange of the soil pipe and then the gland is placed upon the packing ring with its lugs engaging with the recesses of the upper flange of the coupling collar. The coupling bolts are now screwed at their lower ends into the threaded openings of the flange E until their enlargements a bear loosely against the top of the lugs J. The neck of the bowl is now inserted into the soil pipe, packing ring and gland and its base is placed upon the upper' flange E of the coupling' collar with its rim surrounding the latter. lVhile the bowl is thus placed in position its openings M are passed over the upper parts of the coupling bolts leaving the latter projecting above the base. The bolts are now turned for drawing the coupling collar and gland firmly together', thereby compressing the packing ring and causing' the same to bear firmly against the periphery of the bowl neck and the bore of the coupling collar. The bolts may be thus turned for compressing the packing ring by making the upper ends of the saine flatsided, as shown at g Figs. l and 4l, or otherwise to permit of applying a wrench thereto. After the packing ring has been thus compressed the washers 7) and nuts o are applied to the upper' ends of the coupling bolts for fastening the base down on the upper collar flange.

This construction of a joint not only peimits of easily and conveniently connecting the bowl with the soil pipe but efl'ectually prevents leakage of gas oi' water through the joint and permits the parts to be displaced slightly by shrinkage or settling without impairing the efficiency of the joint.

I claim as my invention l. A closet joint comprising a collar having an internal flange or shoulder at its lower end, an external flange arranged at the upper end of said collar and having recesses on opposite sides, a soil pipe arranged in the collar and having an external flange at its upper end which bears against the lower flange of the collar, a bowl having a neck arranged in said collar, a packing ring surrounding' said neck within said collar and bearing on its underside against said packing ring, a gland bearing against the upper side of said packing ring and having laterally projecting lugs which aie arranged in said recesses, and screws connecting said lugs with the upper fiange of said collar, substantially as set foith.

2. A closet joint comprising a collar having an internal flange, a soil pipe having a flange bearing against said flange of the collar. a bowl having a neck arranged in said collar, a packing ring arranged around said neck within the collar and bearing with its underside against the iiange of said soil pipe, a gland surrounding said neck and bearing against the upper side of said packing, and means for connecting said collar, gland and bowl, substantially as set forth.

3. A closet joint comprising a collar having an internal flange at its lower end and an external flange at its upper end, a soil pipe having a flange bearing against the lower flange of the collar, a bowl having a neck arranged in said collar and a base arranged above the upper flange of said collar, a packing ring arranged around said neck within the collar and bearing with its underside against the flange of the soil pipe, a gland bearing against the upper side of said packing ring and having lug's which are arranged between the upper flange of the collar and said base, and coupling devices connecting said upper collar flange, gland, lugs and bowl base, substantially as set fo-rth.

l. A closet joint comprising a collar having an internal flange at its lower end and an external flange at its upper end, a soil pipe having a flange bearing against the lower flange of the collar, a bowl having a neck arranged in said collar and a base arranged above the upper flange of said collar, a packing ring arranged around said neck within the collar and bearing with its underside against the flange of said soil pipe, a gland bearing against the upper side of said packing ring and having lugs which are arranged between the upper flange of the collar and said base, and coupling devices connecting said upper collar fiange, gland, lugs and bowl base, each consisting of a bolt having a lower threaded part which engages with a threaded opening in the upper collar flange, an upper threaded part which passes through an opening in said base, a head between its ends which bears against the upper sides of one of said lugs, and a screw nut applied to the upper end of the bolt and bearing against the upper side of the base, substantially as set forth.

5. A closet joint comprising a collar having an internal flange at its lower end, an external fiange arranged at the upper end of said collar and having recesses on opposite sides, a soil pipe arranged in the ,collar and having an external flange at its upper end which bears against the lower flange of the collar, a bowl having a neck arranged in said collar and a base extending over said upper collar flange, a packing ring surrounding said neck within said collar and bearing on its underside against said packing ring,

a gland bearing against the upper side ofsaid packing ring and having laterally projecting lugs which are arranged in said recesses, and coupling devices connecting said upper collar iiange7 gland lugs and bowl base7 each consisting of a bolt having a lower threaded part which engages with a threaded opening in the upper collar flange, an upper threaded part Which passes through an opening in said base, a head between its ends Which bears against the upper side of one of said lugs, and a screw applied to the upper end of the bolt and bearing against the upper side of the base, substantiallyT as setl forth.

fitness my hand this 15th day of ffipril, 1909.

JOSEPH S. CANDELE.

lVitnesses THEO. L. Pori), E. M. GRAHAM. 

